DIY Essential Oil Deodorant

If you are using deodorant that contains aluminum, please stop! It's not good for you and doesn't need to be in your deodorant anyways! If you are interested in making your own natural, safe deodorant, I have a quick easy recipe for you. 

I have been using this deodorant for about a month now and love it. I mainly love the fact that it only has 4 ingredients...4 all natural, safe ingredients! 

Here's what you need:

an empty deodorant container

( you can order one or just use your old one...that's what I did )

1/2 C Baking Soda( aluminum free )

1/2 C Corn Starch

1/2 C Coconut Oil

10-12 drops of Young Living Essential Oil of your choice

Mix coconut oil, baking soda, and corn starch together. Once blended together, add your essential oil and mix in. Pour into your empty deodorant container. Wait an hour or two before using to allow it to become a bit more solid.  That's it!

**since this contains coconut oil, it will start to melt if not kept in a cool place. It's also a little on the thick side so you might have to rub it in just a bit.

***This recipe called for beeswax pellets. I didn't have nay and didn't want to go buy any so I left them out. I'm imagining the beeswax would make this deodorant well waxy. That might help it to glide on a little more smoothly. if you are interested in incorporating the beeswax, it called for 1 1/2 TBSP of beeswax pellets. You have to slowly melt them into the coconut oil, let that cool, then follow the rest of the instructions.

I hope some of y'all will try this out! I have found it to be very effective!

RECIPE: Tortellini w/tomatoes, basil, and corn

Hey there blog! I have a lot of catching up to do!! Hey friends! I have been lazy with my blogging but plan to do some catching up with lots of fun posts and a giveaway at the beginning of August! 

Today I have a really tasty easy recipe for you! I made this for lunch and it was super delicious. 

The stars of the meal:

The mini spinach cheese tortellini was the perfect size! I recommend getting small or mini tortellini. The corn and small tomatoes came from a farm close to us...Green Door Gourmet, the large yellow tomatoes came from my parents garden, and that basil is in our backyard! Everything was super fresh which I think made this dish extra tasty! 

Here's how easy this is:

Boil your pasta( I only used a bout 1/3 of the bag. If you use the whole bag, just double what's below. ). Once cooked, rinse with cold water and pop in the fridge.

Cut up 1-2 large tomatoes or 2 handfuls of small tomatoes. 

Chop up 7 or 8 basil leaves and cut corn off of 2 cooked ears of corn

**If you can get the veggies fresh from a farm or farmers market, I would recommend doing so. If you can't, that's ok too! 

Once everything is chopped, add to your bowl of cold pasta. There are numerous types of dressing you could add. Any type of vinaigrette would be great. I just kind of threw some stuff together! haha. It wasn't horrible if you want to try it!

Rachel's vinaigrette:

1/4 Cup of olive oil

1/2 TBSP of balsamic vinegar

Juice from 1/2 lemon

1/2 clove of minced garlic

1 TBSP of dijon mustard

Salt

Pepper

Mix together and pour over pasta. Enjoy!